NIGHTINGALES FILM
NIGHTINGALES
Single channel digital video, RT 62 min, 2014-15
Working with a cast of skilled performers, Nightingales explores themes of aspiration and failure through durational action, a meditation on the reach for ideals beyond physical limitations.
They have the look of a crocodile, the grin of an ape, the legs of a peacock,
the paunch of a cow, the shape of an elephant, brains of a goose, the throat of a pig, and the tail of a mouse.
- The Remarkable Trial of the Queen of Quavers, 1778
Cast
3-Legged Man: Erik Thurmond
Ballerina 01: Noelle Kayser
Ballerina 02: Laura Van Kouwenberg
Cake Decorator: Karen Portaleo
Pianist & Voice Teacher: Brendan Callahan-Fitzgerald
Butternose Boy 01 & Vocal Student: Josh Rackliffe
Butternose Boy 02: Jason Dardo
Usher: Hez Stalcup
Nightingales was created while part of the Working Artist Project fellowship with the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. The film was debuted at the museum in July 2015 as part of a solo exhibition under the same name.